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X: 355. For Epicurus, see Guthrie (1957: 76). For Plutarch, see below. 23 Laistner (1923, p. xxviii). Gordon (1975: 39). For other comments see Lowry et

al. (1998), Baeck (1994, 3: 51-61). 24 Xenophon, Oeconomicus, II.10: 377-79. 25 Xenophon, Ways and Means, pp. 199-203; 201-03; 205-23. 26 Ibidem, pp. 207, 217; 201-02; 215-17. 27 Ibidem, pp. 207; 225-31. 28 Gordon (1975: 17-19). 29 Xenophon, Memorabilia, IV, 2, 37-38: 295-97; Cyropaedia, b. VIII, 2, 5-6:

333-35. 30 See Pekáry (1979: 48-60). 31 Compare Tozzi (1961, 13, 21: 81-89, 121-22); Karayiannis (1990: 27-28). 32 Plato, Republic, b. II, 369-73: 315-19. Berry (1994, ch. 2), and Baeck (1997:

154-55) misinterpret this passage in Plato as a condemnation of the economy of the city which does not confine itself to strict essentials.